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Artspace Aotearoa hosts Martha Atienza and Yee I-Lann

Join the artists in conversation with Kairauhī Curator Robbie Hancock on Wednesday 30 July at 6pm.

2025 Fale-Ship Residency recipients announced

Recipients Quishile Charan, Harry Freeth and p.Walters will exhibiting at Tautai later this year.

He Riri Awatea: Filming the New Zealand Wars opens at Canterbury Museum

The new exhibition offers a fresh take on how stories about Ngā Pakanga o Aotearoa the New Zealand Wars have been told on film.

Sopolemalama Filipe Tohi receives recognition for his contribution to Pacific art and culture

Sopolemalama Filipe Tohi has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts (honoris causa) in recognition of his outstanding contributions to both the Pacific and global art scenes.

Naoshima Artist in Residence Sarah Hudson at Setouchi Triennale 2025

Sarah Hudson's new body of work was created during the Naoshima Artist Residency—supported by McCahon House, together with founding partners STILL and Asia New Zealand Foundation.

The Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi 2025 Springboard Recipients Announced

Six early career artists will further their creative careers with the support of These Arts Foundation programme.

Viaduct Harbour Presents the Aotearoa Art Fair Sculpture Trail

The major public art experience transforms Tāmaki Makaurau's waterfront, 16 April – 16 May 2025.

Finalists revealed for 2025 Kiingi Tuheitia Portraiture Award

Prizewinners will be announced on Wednesday 21 May.

Ngaroma Riley wins Molly Morpeth Canaday Award 2025

The award, now in its 39th year, seeks to highlight and celebrate excellence in contemporary art practice throughout Aotearoa.

Crucible welcomes two new artist residents

The Crucible Artist Residency pilot programme moves into its second phase, with two new artists, John Ward Knox and Motoko Kikkawa, commencing 16-week residencies from 10 February.

Fiona Pardington to represent Aotearoa at La Biennale di Venezia in 2026

The artist was selected by Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, the Creative New Zealand delivery partner for Aotearoa's pavilion at the event.

Superpartner opens in Arrowtown

The first exhibitions will be by painters Georgie Hill and Jake Walker.

City to Sea bridge to be demolished

The bridge, designed by architects John Gray and the late Rewi Thompson with artist Paratene Matchitt, will face demolition due to the untenable expense of earthquake strengthening.

Canterbury Museum awards contract for its new base-isolated basement and building

Leighs Construction will carry out the work, with the total cost of the redevelopment now at $247 million. The building is set to re-open in late 2028.

22nd Annual Taranaki National Art Awards’ Winners Announced

Judges Aaron Lister and Taarati Taiaroa jointly selecting winners for seven categories from over 270 entries in just one day.

Ella Sutherland’s Symposium 1 + 2 join Ngā Puhipuhi o Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington Art Collection

Symposium 1 + 2 take inspiration from the poetic potential of typographic letterforms as well as contemporary philosophies of digital media and communication.

Te Rongo Kirkwood Becomes First New Zealand Artist to Receive Prestigious Rakow Commission

Kirkwood will publicly unveil her new commission at The Corning Museum of Glass on 14 November 2024.

2024 Walker & Hall Waiheke Art Award announced

Winner Sonja Drake received $10,000 at the Gala Award Ceremony event at Waiheke Community Art Gallery on Saturday 19 October.

The Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi Laureate Award recipients for 2024 announced

Alison Wong, Carin Wilson, Claire Cowan, Horomona Horo, Lonnie Hutchinson, Miriama McDowell, Saskia Leek and Victor Rodger join the 130 strong Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi Laureate alumni, receiving a total of $280,000 funded through generous giving to the arts.

2024 IHC Art Award Winners Announced

Amy Hall's self-portrait Love Cats has taken out the $5,000 award.

The University of Otago announces 2025 Arts Fellows

Reece King, Dr Carol Brown, Samantha Montgomerie, Dr Octavia Cade and Dr Simon Eastwood have been named respectively as Fellows across visual arts, dance, children's literature, humanities and music.

Crane Foundation launches, supports Laureate Award for design

With the launch of the Foundation, Murray Crane makes a 10-Year commitment to design excellence by gifting an award of $30,000 every second year.

Heidi Brickell begins first Visiting Artist Programme at Te Whare Toi o Heretaunga Hastings Art Gallery

The artist will be resident in Te Matau-a-Māui Hawke’s Bay until mid-November.

Melanie Tangaere Baldwin receives the 2024 Yorkshire Sculpture Park UK Residency Award

Baldwin is the third recipient of the award, which supports an Aotearoa New Zealand-based artist to complete a four-week residency in the UK.

Francis Upritchard opens at Kunsthal Charlottenborg

Any Noise Annoys an Oyster will include more than 100 works and is the artist's first solo exhibition in Scandinavia.

Helen Bakker and Lucy Hunter succeed in the Rick Rudd Foundation Emerging Practitioner in Clay Award

Henri and Duality are the winning entrants for the Emerging Practitioner in Clay Award.

Emily Karaka presents Ka Awatea, A New Dawn at Sharjah Art Foundation

Emily Karaka presents a new solo-exhibition at Sarjah Art Foundation in the UAE. Ka Awatea, A New Dawn is the first major exhibition of the artist’s oeuvre.

Emma Camden, Phil Price and Virginia King awarded seed funding by Tai Tapu Sculpture Garden

The artists have been shortlisted from around 30 applications and will submit their final proposals in January 2025.

Hannah Gartside wins the 2024 Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize

Gartside was awarded the $25,000 prize for #19, a piece in her ongoing series 'Bunnies in Love, Lust and Longing', which will be acquired for the Woollahra Council’s permanent public collection.

New York gallery Venus Over Manhattan presents John Pule in first US-based solo show

Venus Over Manhattan to open the first US-based solo exhibition of artist John Pule, presenting a unique opportunity for American audiences to experience his work.

Sydney Contemporary announces the finalists for the $10,000 MA Art Prize

28 finalists have been announced for the prize, which celebrates and supports emerging and early career artists in Australia.

Ella Jones wins 2024 Parkin Drawing Prize

Jones's work, titled The Visual World is Inexhaustible, was selected from 463 entries and is comprised of 120 drawings on graphite.

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